Nigeria Matters

Ibori was an avowed disciple of Abacha. He was one of the Abacha boys in that dark age of our national life. That has been said already. But we make …

Governance in Nigeria may not represent an enthralling story, but not journalism. Acts of the Executive, Legislature, and Judiciary at all levels may be nauseating, not so with the fourth …

The candidates who have so far declared their intention to contest the presidency in next year’s presidential election include two retired Generals, who ruled the country for nearly a decade …

With the reversals by the courts of some gubernatorial electoral ‘victories’ of the PDP in the South West the focus in the media and the internet chatter fora has now …

A recent report shows that the Nigerian economy is amongst the top ten growing economies for the year 2010; but what matters to the common Nigerian is basically the affordability …

When a few years ago the former Governor of Kwara State, Mohammed Lawal, died in a foreign hospital after a ‘protracted illness’, tongues started wagging as whether his death was …

Nations are  not exactly run like business enterprise or interest specific organizations. Yet, strategy that are employ by business/organization to ensure success and growth could be applied to  government at …

Political violence has by and large been a part of the nation’s political lexicon for a very long time. In a sense, therefore, one could say that it is all …

Nationalism is evil!

Can any Nigerian among the many who are daily buffeted by sundry poor service providers ever walk into the office of any parliamentarian anywhere in the country and get heard …

Patriotism may indeed be the last refuge of Nigerian people. But despite that, it is never a wise thing to question a person’s integrity only because he or she does …

While Atiku may be rejoicing now for the way he scaled the Northern Political Leaders’ Forum screening, he should as well be remembering the days he narrowly escaped the PDP’s …

In Port Harcourt, as I’m writing this piece, the nightmarish traffic congestion is no more. In almost all parts of the city, there is no more regular load shedding, loss …

We just want to bring to your attention something much worse than the Lagos-Shagamu-Ore-Benin road or the Serengeti. You won’t believe it but the place I am talking about is …

A government that entertains directives, unsolicited advice from foreign governments and individuals creates the impression that it is weak and compromising. Nigerians do not go out of their way to …

Majority of Nigerians, at home and abroad, are agreed that our motherland is terribly ‘sick’! Yes, she is suffering from what one could call ‘statehood tumor’, an ailing condition that …